A Reader’s Heaven is pleased to announce this year’s LOST WORLD ART CONTEST FINALISTS, in alphabetical order. Miriam Bowie-Johnson Caillin Davison Karen Edwards Julie Favell Will Hazzard Isabella Irsigler Vicki Lee Curry Jill Limmer Adrian Symes John Tarlinton Join us at the grand opening of the Lost World Art Show on Thursday, 20 April at …

You may have noticed the two jars by the door of A Reader’s Heaven this week. Down at the bottom, a small pile of Scrabble tiles is forming. You may have wondered, “What is this for?” This year, A Reader’s Heaven is going to be giving back to our community. Everyone who makes a purchase will …

Today Kim Kelly was at A Reader’s Heaven for the launch of her new book, Jewel Sea. While she was here, she told us about Books Create Australia, a movement to protect Australian authors from changes to copyright laws and the removal of parallel importation restrictions (PIR). “If Mr Morrison’s decision to repeal PIRs on …

Thank you to all our customers that purchased a book in the month of April from A Reader’s Heaven. You’re purchase added up to a big help. There is an unseen need in our community and we wanted to help. The Lithgow Women and Children’s Crisis Centre helps survivors of domestic violence start over with …

Welcome to 2016! To celebrate, we have decided to do a reading challenge – one book a week for a year. Below is a list of topics and genres we will be covering week to week – feel free to join in and read your own. Let us know what you are reading on …

Introducing The Kingdom of Ironfest Author in Residence – and it could be you. Ironfest Inc , The Author People, The Manuscript Agency and A Reader’s Heaven invites you to enter The 2017 Kingdom of Ironfest Author in Residence literary contest between September 1 until November 30, 2017. Win VIP tickets to Ironfest, receive professional feedback on their manuscript … Continue reading →

The third Saturday of every month is Storytime at A Reader’s Heaven. There is a light tea beginning at 10:30 am, colouring in for the kids, and stories start at 11 am. Join us for the next Storytime. Count Saturdays on the calendar, it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3. Continue reading →

Summer is just around the corner and so are the hot days. A Reader’s Heaven is happy to announce that we will be providing cold drinks for a gold coin donation. And when the heat really increases, come in and enjoy the air conditioning while you sit in one of our comfortable chairs and read … Continue reading →

Carly Townsend is starting over after a decade of tragedy and pain. In a new town and a new apartment she’s determined to leave the memories and failures of her past behind. However that dream is shattered in the dead of night when she is woken by the shadow of a man next to her … Continue reading →

Good morning, readers! Let me start by apologising for the lateness of this post – my family had to fly to Queensland last week for a funeral and we only arrived home this weekend. So I decided to leave this post until this morning before heading off to work. So, let’s move on. The challenge … Continue reading →

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Joe Hill's latest book, NOS4A2, is story-telling in its finest form.
The premise of the story is easily found - I won't try and sum up 700+ pages in this review - but to say it was creative, intelligent and action-packed would be an un...

I’ve wanted to read Terry Pratchett since I saw a trailer for Hogfather. I was intrigued, but I had to read the book first, and then I had to start at the first book in the Discworld series. But first I had to find it. So reading The Col...

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